What is a word wall you ask?

A word wall is an area near your bulletin board with a list of words that you will help teach your class. There are different words for different themes to your bulletin boards.

How to use them?

Make them memorable: Children learn visually so make it appealing. Make the words colorful.

Make them useful and practical: While the word is posted near the bulletin board you can have your class start their day with writing a sentence using one of the words from your word wall each day.

Make them hands on and your way: Usually children learn doing projects hands on. Make a game using the games. Write your words from your word wall on cards and have each child pick one from a box and use it in a sentence during circle time.

There are many ways you can use word wall words in your lessons. Use your imagination! It’s all up to you, have fun!

We are once again approaching the blessed month of Ramadan, insha Allah.

We have had many interests in our fasting cycle and our arabic weather wheel that we thought to make a version of that for moon phases this year! Here is another way to learn the moon phases with the children, a moon wheel!

How it works:

You print, assemble and cut along the dotted lines only on the cover of the moon wheel leaving just a little attached in the middle so you can lift a flap on each number to reveal the moon phase and discuss it with your class.

This is better printed on card stock.

You can also print on regular copy paper and use a glue stick and attach to cardboard/poster board to make more sturdy.

We have been away for quite awhile but we are here to remind those who want to put up bulletin boards this year to start planning now. We have posted the links to our bulletin board files below in case you decide you want to use them. Look forward to seeing another year of Ramadan bulletin boards.